adj.1 a antiquated. b (of a word etc.) no longer in ordinary use, though retained for special purposes.
2 primitive.
3 of an early period of art or culture, esp. the 7th-6th c. BC in Greece.
Derivatives:
archaically adv.
Etymology: F archa{iuml}que f. Gk arkha{iuml}kos (as ARCHAEAN)